Sue Rose
Director
Angela Anaconda (1999)
Season 2
A unique style of cutout animation tells the story of eight-year-old Angela, her weird and wonderful friends, and her sworn enemy--snobby Nanette Manoir.
Released Oct. 4, 1999
Episode 30 min
2+
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Family, Kids
Keywords: imdb.character-name-in-title, imdb.cutout-animation, imdb.elementary-school, imdb.based-on-tv-sketch
Watch Providers: The Roku Channel, Hoopla
Production Companies: Decode Entertainment, C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures
Network: Teletoon
S2E1 - Vicious Cycle / To Catch a Thief
Vicious Cycle
An annual bike race is an event that could easily bring a smile to Angela's face. However, Angela is stuck with hand-me-down bikes from her goofy brothers while Nanette rides the best bikes that money can buy. Angela is doomed to another humiliating defeat. That is until Angela finds a wallet stuffed with two hundred dollars. Of course, Angela would normally turn in a lost wallet but two hundred is a magical number. Two hundred is the prize money for winning the race and two hundred is the cost of a new bike. The logical choice is, buy a new bike and win the prize money, then replace the wallet money with said prize. Angela hides the wallet until she can put her plan into action. In the mean time, Angela's father, Bill, has refurbished Angela's old bike. He would have bought her a new one except he lost his wallet...filled with two hundred dollars! Angela realizes it was Bill's wallet she found only it's too late. She herself has lost it. Now Angela has no choice but
Sept. 11, 2000, midnight
S2E2 - French Connection / The List
French Connection
Angela is anticipating the arrival of an exchange student from Europe who is to stay with her family. She imagines the girl will turn out to be just like the sister she has always dreamed of, but it turns out that Cici is from France and is the total embodiment of all things French. Angela is disappointed to discover that her fantasy sister has more in common with real life nemesis Nanette. Instead of letting this coincidence get her down, Angela decides to use Cici to her advantage. With Cici's help, Angela hopes that Nanette's French façade can finally be exposed, only Angela's schemes hardly ever go according to plan, and Nanette and Cici become fast friends. Cici even invites Nanette to a slumber party. Imagine Angela's surprise when she walks into her bedroom to find January, Karlene and Nanette pillow fighting on top of her very own bed! Angela has had quite enough of her exchange school sister and wants to trade her in. Luckily, Nanette has been hiding a D
Sept. 18, 2000, midnight
S2E3 - A Bug Responsibility / Pogo-A-Go-Go
A Bug Responsibility
Angela finds herself flushing the class goldfish down the toilet. This is not the first goldfish that has passed on to the bowl in the sky while in her care. Angela vows to never act as caretaker to any animal, ever again. That is until Josephine convinces Angela to watch over an insect orphanage. She sees this as an opportunity to repent for her past animal failures. Angela does everything she can to make sure Josephine's bugs live a safe and luxurious life. Her parents do not share the same love for bugs though, and hire an exterminator to get rid of the fleas that have begun to plague the family dog. Full aware of the trouble she could get into, she is forced to bring the critters to school to save them from certain extinction, but her attempts prove futile and Angela is faced with a lifetime of eraser duty. It appears as though Angela has failed once again when the bugs are discovered and tossed out a window. But Josephine reveals that once the bugs were set f
Sept. 25, 2000, midnight
S2E4 - Snow Mercy / Be-Trayed
Snow Mercy
Angela playfully throws a snowball Johnny's way. Not only does it hit an unreceptive Johnny, but it bounces off of him and hits Nanette too. Nanette vows to seek revenge, and Johnny vows snowball retaliation. His aim proves horrific when he ends up hitting Gina's pizza instead of Angela. Now that Gina is an unwilling participant of the snow war, Angela decides to defend Gina and her pizza's honour. Angela and Johnny build snow forts and prepare themselves for battle. Johnny reveals he has a secret weapon-Nanette! In order to get revenge, Nanette has enlisted Karlene and January to help Johnny win the snowball fight. Angela turns to Gina for help, but Gina's advice soon backfires and Angela gets bombarded with snow. It turns out Gina has been helping Johnny too. Gina could never say "no" to Johnny because he's her friend too. Just when it appears as though everyone has betrayed Angela, Nanette soon proves to be the real manipulator of mayhem. It is then that Nanette beco
Sept. 2, 2000, midnight
S2E5 - Earhart's Heirloom / Ancient Greeks
Earhart's Heirloom
Angela has been on her best behavior for the past twenty-nine days. Mrs. Brinks has promised that if the class is trouble-free for one whole month, she will show them the compass that once belonged to flying ace Amelia Earhart. The day has finally arrived, and everyone, especially Angela, is extra careful not to upset Mrs. Brinks. Angela concentrates so hard at being good that she forgets she's chewing gum! When it is discovered, Mrs. Brinks refuses to show the class the compass. In order to get back on Mrs. Brinks' good side, Angela and the gang plan a surprise birthday party for Mrs. Brinks who is so thrilled she agrees to show them the compass. Unfortunately, while Mrs. Brinks is showing her treasured compass Nanette "accidentally" bumps into Angela who in turn knocks the compass out of Mrs. Brinks' hand. Mrs. Brinks is outraged until Gina discovers that the compass is a fake that was made in Taiwan only a few years ago. It was all just a trick to get the chi
Sept. 9, 2000, midnight
S2E6 - Brinks of No Return / Operation Ringside
Brinks of No Return
Today is a good day because an after-school snack awaits Angela. When finally the school bell rings, Angela rushes out to meet her mother. A few hours go by and Angela is still without snack because she is still at school awaiting her mother's arrival. Just then, Mrs. Brinks arrives with good news. Geneva is fine but her car has broken down. Angela is to go with Mrs. Brinks to the Brinks' Household. Okay, so maybe the good news isn't so good and Angela's good day has definitely turned bad. Angela will not only be spending the afternoon with Mrs. Brinks, but husband Connie too. And, Mrs. Brinks at home is just like Mrs. Brinks at school - a bullying tyrant! She even goes as far as punishing Angela and Connie for not knowing where a pimento loaf is. When it seems Angela's day couldn't get any darker, Nanette shows up for afternoon tea. Angela must flee if freedom is to be hers. With the help of Connie, an escape is quickly made. It just might turn out to be a goo
Sept. 16, 2000, midnight
S2E7 - Eating With the Enemy / Brocc-Fest
Eating With the Enemy
Bill has just won the Annual Tapwater Springs Inno-ventor contest with his spectacular, accidental invention, the Food Rejuvenator 3000. And thanks to Angela's big mouth, Howell Manoir, is interested in investing in the device. Bill invites the Manoirs over for dinner so he can promote the Rejuvinator and negotiate a contract. Bill is positive that this could be his chance to make a lot of money and goes to great lengths to make sure everything is perfect for the meal. Angela is to be on her best behaviour. The Manoirs arrive and manage to insult with every compliment they give. Poor Geneva is at her breaking point. As for Angela, when she learns that Nanette has to be on her best behaviour, she manipulates the situation to make Nanette do whatever she wants. Nanette, of course, turns things around to her advantage and soon Angela is miserable again. Bill watches the evening unfold and decides that maybe money is not what he wants. Especially if it means the
Oct. 23, 2000, midnight
S2E8 - All For One / Uncle Nicky's Midlife Crisis
All For One
Today is Nature Survival Day and the kids are taken on a field trip to the woods where they will partake in a character building obstacle course. On top of this, the kids are to give themselves a goal that they hope to accomplish by day's end. Angela's goal is to help every member of whichever team she is grouped with. Luckily, she is grouped with her closest friends. That is until Nanette shows up and is put on Angela's team. Nanette manipulates Gordy, Gina and Johnny to get herself elected as team captain. For the good of the team, the friends must also carry countless pieces of Nanette's heavy, back-breaking luggage as they trek through the forest's obstacle course. Of course, Nanette proves to be an inadequate leader and manages to get the troop lost. With her friends overcome with fear, it is left to Angela to save the day. It just so happens that Angela has left behind a trail of Nanette's useless luggage. Angela's trail leads them back to civilization and Angela
Oct. 30, 2000, midnight
S2E9 - Oh the Humanatees / In a Pepper Pickle
Oh the Humanatees
Today is the day of the annual Save The Manatees Auction. The residents of Tapwater Springs sell and buy each other's junk with great enthusiasm. Angela has been saving up to buy a space helmet that once belonged to Astronaut Bob. Unfortunately, Nanette outbids Angela and gets the helmet. Fortunately, and amazingly, Astronaut Bob shows up and offers himself for auction. Angela is the only one with any money left and wins one whole day with her space hero. Not one to be outdone, Nanette schemes her way into Astronaut Bob's heart and manages to thwart any and all of Angela's attempts to have fun. Nanette even goes as far as having her father Howell bribe Bob into having dinner with them and ditching Angela. Will Angela's hero betray her? Well, this is the Angela Anaconda show and Bob better not get on her bad side if he knows what's good for him.
In a Pepper Pickle
Angela has unscrewed the cap of the peppershaker in order to play a devious trick on her br
Nov. 6, 2000, midnight
S2E10 - Boo-Who? / The Haunting of Angela Anaconda
Boo-Who?
It's nearing Halloween. Angela has hesitations because she is worried Geneva will create an embarrassing costume for her to wear like in years past. While eating breakfast for dinner, Angela reads on the back of her cereal box that she can purchase an Astro Nutties "Astro Nut" costume for a low price. She saves her pennies and cereal box tops until finally she has enough for the factory made creation. There's only one problem, Geneva has already made a "Happy Hoppy Bunny" costume of which she is very proud. On Halloween night, in order to avoid hurting Geneva's feelings, Angela wears the "bunny" costume...until she gets outside. Once outside, Angela changes into her "nut" costume. Her friends think Angela's costume is incredibly cool. Nanette decides to get Angela into trouble by exposing the costume charade to Geneva. But Geneva doesn't get angry at all. She's actually thrilled that the "nut" costume earned Angela plenty of trick-or-treat candy. Mother and daughter enjoy
Nov. 13, 2000, midnight
S2E11 - The Lion, The Witch, And The Weasel / Curse Of the Mummy
The Lion, The Witch, And The Weasel
The best thing about field trips is that you're not in school. And when you're not in school you don't have to do any assignments. This is Angela's logic and why, as the class leaves for the Tapwater Springs Zoo, she is happy. That is until Nanette suggests to Mrs. Brinks that the class do an assignment on a zoo animal. To make matters worse, Nanette gets to do her assignment on the lion, which is the animal Angela wants. Angela is stuck with the weasel, a weasel that hasn't been seen since 1987! How is Angela supposed to do a report on an animal she can't even see? Angela must think of a way to lure the weasel out of its hole. She tries to win over the weasel with reason, and fails. She tries trickery but that fails too. As time goes by, Angela wants nothing more then to eat and figures maybe that's what the weasel wants too. Sure enough, the weasel pops out of its hole when tempted by Nanette's nuts. And when the zookeeper gets angry that an a
Nov. 20, 2000, midnight
S2E12 - No Thanksgiving / Family Tree
No Thanksgiving
Gina invites Angela to the annual Thanksgiving Lash Bash. Angela declines. The Anaconda household believes Thanksgiving is for family and so with her family Angela will stay. And though Angela loves her family, she does not enjoy spending Thanksgiving with them. The Anacondas have never had a successful Turkey Day no matter how hard they've tried. However, this year, they've decided to try harder. Each family member will concentrate on making the perfect Thanksgiving dish. Angela gets to be in charge of helping. Things start out smoothly, until Nanette briefly appears, coughing up a storm. Nanette parts and all Anacondas but Angela come down with the stomach flu! Thanksgiving is ruined again. Angela decides to crash the Lash Bash but Gina will not permit Angela in. Angela is contagious and could get everyone else sick. But Gina, being Gina, would never let Angela down. Just as the festive day seems to be at its bleakest, Gina leaves a full dinner at the Anaconda do
Nov. 27, 2000, midnight
S2E13 - Goodbye Mrs. Brinks / The Birdlady Of Tapwater Springs
Goodbye Mrs. Brinks
The school day starts out ordinarily boring as everyone awaits an announcement from Mrs. Brinks. What a surprise when Mrs. Brinks reveals that she has been offered a dream teaching position-at another school! Angela's not-so-secret wish of wanting to get rid of Mrs. Brinks may finally come true. All Angela and her pals have to do is be on their best behavior when the principal from the new school comes to inspect Mrs. Brinks' teaching methods. There's only one problem: Nanette doesn't want Mrs. Brinks to leave. So, when Dr. Fanny (the principal) arrives, Nanette behaves like Angela normally would. Even January and Karlene join in the truancy act, resorting to deeds they must have picked up from Johnny Abatti. If Angela doesn't do something soon, Mrs. Brinks will never go away. Unfortunately for Angela, it appears she has already done too much. Mrs. Brinks is so touched by Angela's new angelic demeanor, she decides to stay at Tapwater Springs Elementary in order
Dec. 4, 2000, midnight
S2E14 - Secret Santa / Hooray For Chanukah
Secret Santa
It's Christmas and Christmas is Angela's favorite time of the year. Everyone seems to be happier and full of holiday spirit. Of course, the presents are greatly appreciated too! Every year the children of Tapwater Elementary engage in a Secret Santa gift exchange. Last year Angela and Gina were each other's Secret Santa and Angela hopes that they will get to be Secret Santas again. But the odds are against them. Angela and Nanette end up becoming each other's Secret Santa. Christmas is ruined! Angela tries desperately to get someone else to buy Nanette a present but not even Karlene or January want that task. Angela has a brainstorm. She will get Nanette toilet water, other wise known as eau de toilette. Nanette loves that stuff! Suddenly, Angela overhears Nanette tell her clone club that she has bought Angela a spectacular gift. Now Angela has no choice but to get her nemesis something great. Something French. The only question that remains is, will Nanette appreciat
Dec. 11, 2000, midnight
S2E15 - Return To Sender / I Wanna Mold Your Band
Return To Sender
Angela has been waiting a whole month for this very moment. Angela and her friends signed up for pen pals while on a trip to the museum. And today, Angela's letter from her pan pal has arrived. While everyone has cool pen pals - Gina gets food from hers - Gordy's pen pal is a ballerina - Angela by far has the best pen pal ever. Marie Antoinette (the aforementioned letter writer) writes pages and pages of really neat stuff. So great is Marie Antoinette and her prolific writing abilities, that Nanette engages in a pen pal competition with Angela . Nanette is positive her pen pal is the very best and is determined to prove it. But soon Nanette discovers that due to a pen pal mix up at the museum, her and Angela have unknowingly exchanged letters. Completely embarrassed, Nanette pretends to have known Angela was her pen pal all along. The next letter Marie Antoinette sends to Angelita (Angela's nom de plume) is viscous and nasty and poor Angela is crushed. When Angela
Dec. 18, 2000, midnight
S2E16 - Don't Be Caddie / The Pup Who Would Be King
Don't Be Caddie
Today is the hottest day in Tapwater Springs and Angela and her pals decide to cool off in Nonna's water sprinklers. Unfortunately Tapwater Springs is experiencing a drought and the Mayor has ordered all citizens to conserve water. Just when it seems Gordy will die from his heat rash, the friends stumble across the Tapwater Country Club and its big, beautiful pool. Angela would love to jump in, but the pool is for members only. What's a girl to do? Well, it just so happens that Mark and Derek have jobs at the Club. With a little help from her parents, Angela's brothers agree to get Angela and friends pool time. But there's a catch. The next day the gang has to do caddie duty. They must help golfers choose the appropriate clubs and also retrieve lost golf balls. Everyone takes their job a little too seriously, retrieving golf balls just as players place them on the tee. Mark and Derek are impressed with Angela's work but never had any intention of actually letting h
Dec. 25, 2000, midnight
S2E17 - Cheese Under Pressure / Troop Or Consequences
Cheese Under Pressure
The liverwurst sandwiches that Geneva gives to Angela everyday for lunch are becoming less appetizing. In fact, Angela isn't the only person bored with her lunch. The whole school seems unhappy with what their parents have packed and Angela suggests they all trade. There's only one problem-nobody wants Angela's lunch. Angela figures the answer to her problems is to bring something for lunch that every kid would want. So she brings peanut butter and jelly with her. But a kid can get peanut butter any old time and Angela is left out of the trading. Next stop: the supermarket. Surely Angela can get something cool to eat there. And she does. She discovers Squiggly Cheese, the artificial spray cheese from a can that not only tastes good, its fun to play with. Instantly Angela is the envy of the lunch room crowd. Even Nanette wants to trade with her! Will Angela trade away the best lunch she's had in a long while? Or will Nanette just manipulate Angela into giving
Jan. 1, 2001, midnight
S2E18 - The Great Granny Grudge / News At Eleven
The Great Granny Grudge
Grandma Lou is back in town and Angela couldn't be happier. Grandma Lou is just as fun as any kid. One day while playing, Lou hurts herself and Bill decides that it's time his mother had a friend her own age. Angela knows just the person-Nonna Abatti. But Angela is unaware that Nonna and Lou were once good friends who now hate each other. As soon as Nonna makes the family connection between Angela and Lou, and Lou makes the connection between Johnny and Nonna, the Grannies forbid their respective grandchildren from ever having anything to do with one another. Angela enlists Bill and Uncle Nicky to help settle matters. However, these two sons have no idea why their mothers are truly fighting and end up trading insults with each other. Soon Angela and Johnny are forced to choose sides. Will the two of them be the generation where the feud finally ends?
News At Eleven
Mrs. Brinks' class has been chosen to do a newscast for the community-access channe
Jan. 8, 2001, midnight
S2E19 - The Girl With All The Answers / Good Seats
The Girl With All The Answers
Gina Lash is only one gold star away from being crowned Questions &Answers Queen. When Gina wins, it will mean that the Q&A crown is one crown Nanette Manoir will never get to wear. Angela is ecstatic! Only Gina eats too much the night before her final competition. Mrs. Brinks seizes her absence as an opportunity to help Nanette win! Angela does everything she can to motivate Gina back to school before Nanette gets enough gold stars. But Gina is far too happy being taken care of to hurry up her healing process. Angela is forced to watch Mrs. Brinks hand Nanette the correct answers. Coincidentally, Angela stumbles upon the teachers' edition of an old textbook. She tries to explain to Mrs. Brinks what she found, but Mrs. Brinks is too concerned with Nanette to pay notice. With the help of the teachers' edition, Angela becomes the girl with all the answers. She answers all of Mrs. Brinks' questions correctly, even before they're asked. Angela would love
Jan. 15, 2001, midnight
S2E20 - Abra-Abatti / Stupid Cupid
Abra-Abatti
The Masked Magician is giving a performance at Tapwater Elementary and needs a special volunteer. Much to everyone's surprise, he picks Johnny Abatti and not Nanette Manoir! For his efforts, Johnny is given a magic set and immediately begins to create an act. Gina senses Johnny could use a little help and volunteers her assistance. Together, they put on a formidable show and dazzle ever increasing crowds. They're ready for the big time - a performance at Abatti's Pizza. Only Gina's back gives out two days before the show and Johnny is left sans assistant. Angela is eager to lend a hand but Nanette soon shows up to offer her abilities - Nanette will do almost anything for a spotlight. The archenemies compete with each other to impress Johnny until Nanette abruptly takes herself out of the competition. Nanette has figured out that Johnny is a horrible magician. Gina is the one who makes the magic work. Will Angela make the connection before Johnny "magically" saws her in
Jan. 22, 2001, midnight
S2E21 - Gordy In The Plastic Bubble / Camp Anaconda
Gordy In The Plastic Bubble
Angela has a brand new microscope and eagerly shows it off to her friends. Despite Gordy's lack of enthusiasm, Angela manages to convince him to look at his eyelash under the lens. Gordy gets more then a glimpse of an enlarged eyelash: he also spots a bug! Angela tries to calm his frazzled nerves by revealing that the bug on his eyelash is harmless. Everyone has microscopic bugs all over their body. This revelation offers little comfort and sends Gordy into a state of panic. He wears protective gloves and masks and keeps his distance from his friends lest their parasites find their way onto him. Then Gordy learns that it's just not other people's germs that he has to fear. Even inanimate objects such as books and food have parasites. Gordy doesn't know where to put himself. Angela tries to help but everything she tries backfires. Soon Gordy has no other alternative but to sit in a bathtub all day. Will Angela be able to calm her friend before he shrivel
Jan. 29, 2001, midnight
S2E22 - Sound Of Silence / Johnny Learns To Swing
Sound Of Silence
Coach Rhinehart has lost his voice and football practice has been cancelled. Mark and Derek are left with nothing to do but torture poor Angela. To make matters worse, if Mark and Derek's football team lose their next game, they won't make it to the playoffs. This means even more time on their hands - even more time to torture their sister. Angela must find a way for Coach to get healthy again. While failing at playing doctor, Angela discovers that Gordy has the ability to understand Coach's silent gestures. Gordy can interpret for Coach on the football field. Football practice is on again. But Gordy's interpretations of Coach's unique sign language are quite flowery. In fact, the football players have a hard time understanding exactly what Gordy is trying to say. When Gordy tries to get aggressive, he loses his voice too! Once again Angela is forced to take matters into her own hands. Now when Coach makes a gesture, Gordy interprets it with his own. Angela in tur
Feb. 5, 2001, midnight
S2E23 - Firm-A-Foam / For The Love Of The Game
Firm-A-Foam
Today is "Take Your Kids To Work Day". Since Bill is unable to make a living as an inventor, his day job is that of a salesman. Angela accompanies him to Tapwater Springs' only office tower where Bill tires to sell expandable foam to various business people. Johnny is also at the office tower helping Uncle Nicky deliver pizzas. Soon Johnny is tagging along with the Anaconda duo. Bill gives one great sales pitch after another. Angela and Johnny ruin the sale every time. Bill is left with only one more potential client - Howell Manoir! To make matters worse, Howell has brought Nanette to work with him. Angela has to be on her best behaviour in order for her dad to finally make a sale. However, Nanette is misbehaving and on the verge of ruining Bill's sale. And Angela is getting the blame! But despite Nanette's best efforts to infuriate Angela, Angela accidentally discovers a practical use for the expandable foam and makes a sale for her father.
For The Love Of The G
Feb. 12, 2001, midnight
S2E24 - Jiggly Fruit Classic / Race Car Race
Jiggly Fruit Classic
Jiggly James, the official spokesperson for Jiggly Fruit, announces that the tasty treat has a new and improved recipe. Can perfection be improved upon? Naturally, Angela, Gina, Johnny and Gordy are the first in line to try New Jiggly Fruit. This also makes them the first to learn how truly awful their favorite snack has become. New Jiggly Fruit is disgusting! To make matters worse, the Jiggly Fruit corporation has stopped production of old Jiggly Fruit. Mrs. Brinks, a Jiggly connoisseur, is just as upset as Angela is over this turn of events. Angela is surprised that she and Mrs. Brinks have anything in common, especially dessert. The two soon form a strong bond as they join forces to battle the evil Jiggly James. When the two former nemesis combine their smarts and creativity, nothing is able to withstand their power. Soon old Jiggly Fruit is back in production and order is restored to Tapwater Springs.
Race Car Race
Parents in Tapwater Springs are
Feb. 19, 2001, midnight
S2E25 - Surf's Up / Dog Gone It
Surf's Up
It's summer vacation! Liz Lash and her "associate" Francisco are driving Angela, Gina, Johnny and Gordy to the beach. The gang is thrilled and plans to spend the day in the glorious water. Their nautical intentions are quickly foiled upon arrival at the beach. For who should turn up but none other then Nanette and her clone club. To make matters worse, Mrs. Brinks has taken a summer job as a lifeguard. It doesn't take long until Nanette manages to get Angela and her pals dry docked! Angela refuses to be beaten. If they gang can't go to the water, they will find a way to bring the water to them. Of course, every attempt fails because around every corner lurks Nanette, all too ready to thwart their efforts. But eventually Nanette proves to be her own worst enemy when she inadvertently buries Mrs. Brinks up to the neck in sand. Angela, Gina, Johnny and Gordy get their fun in the sun after all.
Dog Gone It
While enjoying a harmless game of softball, said softball e
Feb. 26, 2001, midnight
Network: Teletoon
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 1950 min.
Released: Oct. 4, 1999
Last Air Date: Dec. 10, 2001, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-G / 2+
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